Bob and Diana McElroy sent these (Nov. 2018) ... "Here are two old photos of the Opeongo towing a boom on the Ottawa near Deep River, July 1972. It was fairly early in the morning with the mist rising and the sun shining right on the boat. We were out on the water, so the photo angle is low and unfortunately doesn't show the boom all that well. The photos might have been earlier in the summer than July - that was just the date stamp on the slide mount." "In the years after WWII one could still see booms of logs going down river, but these were smaller logs destined for the Splint Company in Pembroke, the Gillies Brothers mill at Arnprior, or the E.B. Eddy Match Company in Pembroke and Ottawa. The rafts were drawn by the diesel tug Opeongo, which belonged to the Upper Ottawa Valley Development Company. The name "Opeongo" has a venerable tradition in the valley, being the name of the first trail or road leading into the wilderness of white pine along which the early loggers travelled." source: Deep Waters: The Ottawa River and Canada's Nuclear Adventure By Kim Krenz.

JP notes: The Opeongo ashore near Chapeau, QC 1993.

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http://www.ssm.thegreattugboatrace.ca/Pictures.html

 

 

Tugs Regan and Opeongo on parade July 2nd, 1999.

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2003 Great Tugboat Race, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
Photo by by Roger LeLievre and N. Schultheiss.
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/special/sootugrace03/

 

2003 Great Tugboat Race programme courtesy Jeanette Cox. "The Opeongo, built by Russel Bros. of Owen Sound, Ont. for the Upper Ottawa Improvement Co. to move log booms on the Ottawa River, worked until 1991, when rafting operations ceased. She sat on the beach near Fort Willian until Feb. 1997 when she was purchased by Gardiner Marine. At that time, Avery Construction trucked her home in two pieces. She has since been put back together, the galley and the wheelhouse renovated, a generator added and is presently working out of Richard's Landing, Ont."

 

RBF notes: Opeongo - Marine Construction Tug (Soo, ON July 2, 2004)
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Photos from the Soo tug races.
http://www.ssm.thegreattugboatrace.ca/Pictures.html

 

Opeongo July 6, 2011. Photo by Alan C of Marion, IN.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/732mpd/5940072161/

 

The Great Tugboat Race July 2011, Soo. Photo by Ted Vince.

 

Opeongo in the Tugboat parade in July 2011. Photo by Keith Soltys.

 

2017: Maria's Cabins 1929 Shore Road, Richards Landing, Ontario P0R 1J0, Canada
source: https://www.tripadvisor.ca/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g4007391-d4893515-i87854526-Maria_s_Cabins-Richards_Landing_St_Joseph_Island_Northeastern_Ontario_On.html

 

Opeongo Dec. 29, 2017 at Richard's Landing. Photo by Matt via flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/taggartjm/27638839899/

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Opeongo...Tugboat and the St. Joseph Island bridge (Hwy 548) in the background.
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Opeongo and Ricketts Harbour together. Photos courtesy Gardiner Marine.
source: https://www.facebook.com/gardinermarine/

 

Opeongo. Photos courtesy Gardiner Marine.
source: https://www.facebook.com/gardinermarine/

 

Opeongo. Photos courtesy Gardiner Marine.
source: https://www.facebook.com/gardinermarine/

 

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Garry Stewart photo taken on March 31, 2019. Tug Boat Opeongo at Richards Landing on St. Josephs Island.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/big_dadoo/33754197238

 

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